Fianchetto Definition
fēən-kĕtō, -chĕtō
fianchetti, fianchettoed, fianchettoing, fianchettos
noun
The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file.
American Heritage
verb
To develop as or set up a fianchetto.
American Heritage
To move (a bishop) from its initial position diagonally into the adjacent knight's file.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Fianchetto
Noun
Singular:
fianchettoPlural:
fianchettiOrigin of Fianchetto
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Italian diminutive of fianco flank from Old Italian from Old French flanc flank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Italian, a diminutive of fianca ‘flank’.
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